It’s A Rich Man’s World

Money is usually equated with security and the ability to have a comfortable life. Yet girls are still persistently raised to believe that they may not have control over this reality. We’re often told that we should “marry rich” or at least make sure our husbands (always husbands) can “provide” or “take care of” us. This socialization perpetuates countless gender stereotypes: it relies on notorious stereotypes that frame women as bad at math and therefore incapable of managing their own money and perpetuates the idea that women should marry men who will make enough money to take care of them (ignoring women who would like to marry women or not marry at all).

When I talk to my friends about the “perfect” partner, we still love to paint the …

The Freedom of Having Your Own Space and Your Own Income

What would Virgina have thought of Nicki Minaj?

The issues that Courtney Martin expresses in her article, “‘You Are the NOW of Now!’ The Future of (Online) Feminism”, are closely related to Virginia Woolf’s own theories in her book, A Room of One’s Own. Martin gets straight to the point in her article as she states in her opening paragraphs, “The belief that online activism isn’t ‘real’ or deserving of financial support isn’t just an insult to entrepreneurial bloggers and organizers; it’s creating a crisis in the feminist movement.”

Though she was not necessarily talking about online activism through blogging or the feminist movement, Woolf would definitely agree with Martin.

In A Room of One’s Own, Woolf’s thesis is simply that in order for women to …